CPO Zeblin Vance Midgett, USN, Retired, 92, of Virginia Beach, VA, formerly of Kill Devil Hills, NC, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2020, at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. Born in Manteo, NC on December 17, 1927, he was the son of the late Ruth Partridge Midgett and Mahlon Midgett. A veteran of the Korean […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — Joyce Councill “Ciccy” Price, 83, a long-time resident of Colington Harbor, Kill Devil Hills, died peacefully on Sunday, February 9, 2020 after a brief illness. Born and raised in Southampton County, VA, Joyce was the daughter of Janey Turner and Lawrence Wester Councill. While a nurse at Our Community Hospital in […]
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Board Member Mary Ellon Ballance and Superintendent John Farrelly recognize Cape Hatteras community member and business leader, Jarvis Williams and his wife, Donna Williams for their recent financial donation that paid outstanding lunch balances for several students that were unable to buy their own lunch.
The Coast Guard suspended its search on Thursday after an unregistered emergency position indicating radio beacon alert lead responders to debris approximately 126 miles southeast off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina. Coast Guard crews from Air Station Elizabeth City, the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton and Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System vessels searched approximately […]
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What are you serving for Valentine’s Day weekend? A special dessert? I have two choices for you. One is very rich, sweet and homey. The other is more subdued, lighter, and elegant. Either is a good option for Valentine celebrations. PANETTONE BREAD PUDDING Panettone, a cake-like Italian Christmas bread studded with dried fruit, is definitely […]
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After hooking a fish, reeling it in from the sea floor and posing for a photo, there’s a fairly good chance a recreational fisher might release their catch back into the ocean. The chance of that fish’s survival is less clear. Rising numbers of released fish, combined with an uncertain likelihood of their survival, has […]
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Many properties have been reclassified on the new flood maps that will become effective on June 19. The Dare County Planning Board will hold two informational meetings about the updated flood maps for Dare County that will become effective June 19. Many properties have been reclassified on the new flood maps, in many instances at […]
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While the NC Ferry Division will again rent a passenger ferry for Ocracoke this summer, it is battling a defamation lawsuit brought by the company still building a custom passenger ferry. Last May, US Workboats (formerly known as Armstrong Marine Inc.) in Hubert, near Swansboro, sued the NC Ferry Division over breach of contract, claiming […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will resume a three-boat schedule on Pamlico Sound Feb. 13. The new schedule will be as follows: • Ocracoke to Cedar Island: 7:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. • Cedar Island to Ocracoke: 7:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. • Ocracoke to Swan Quarter: 7 a.m., […]
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A potential beach nourishment project in Avon took a step forward at the February 4 meeting of the Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC), as the Board unanimously selected contractor Coastal Science and Engineering to submit a contract for a feasibility study. County Manager Bobby Outten explained to the Board that the Capital Improvements Planning […]
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